Running in the dark
Awake very early without reason – and none is needed. So here I am, well before the dawn, jogging on the towpath […]
David and Saul
Writers are at the mercy of publishers when it comes to book covers. But the choice of this painting for the front […]
40 years on …
Forty years ago on, on 30th September 1979 …. I was ordained at St Paul’s Cathedral and began a curacy at Holy […]
Pilgrim – poem
Pilgrim Today off the corner of the island of Saints the sea is wildGod’s firstborn have surfaced there chaos monsters […]
Six Reflections on the Cross
These reflections were prepared for a traditional three-hour vigil at the cross – one for each half hour. But please […]
the joy of being wrong! – reflections on enjoying Lent
An unexpected title? I wonder how you to reacted when you saw this title? For at least two reasons the […]
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Don’t you care we are perishing …?
On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, ‘Let us go across to the other side.’ And … they […]
Dear God …
Dear God, I don’t often sit down and write to you. But there’s a difficult question that I want to ask. It’s bothered […]
Living in Remembrance
A Remembrance Day sermon I was standing at the War Memorial on Sunday as many of you were. I spoke the […]